On Thursday, 24 March 2022 08:51:39 EDT Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 09:10:06PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > > gene heskett composed on 2022-03-23 20:40 (UTC-0400): > > ... > > > > > So how do I get rid of it so I can have a net with MY default route > > > and bring it up to date? > > > > https://wiki.debian.org/SystemdNetworkd works for my static IP > > installations, which number several hundred, minus about 5. > > Gene is not running Debian and is again wasting everyone's time by > asking about it here, despite being repeatedly asked not to. So for > anyone finding this in the archives, Gene's problem is not with > Debian, it is with Raspbian, and his now-remembered solution does > not apply to Debian. > But Andy, it should, its the ONLY sensible solution to a problem most distributions have when they encounter a home location without a dhcp server. My home network name to address resolution method using a hosts file, is at least a hundred milliseconds faster than anything involving a dns server. And its concept is also simple, scan the hosts file first, if that does NOT find it, forward it to the gateway, and my gateway/router forwards it to whereever shentel.net has a dns server. And it Just Works.
Debian, FWIW is just as guilty as anybody else but uses a different path to get there, if there is not a dhcp server available, they too use avahi to plug in a totally useless, non-existant address in the 169.254 ipv4 block. And that does NOT get thru a router if one is in use. It might work if connected directly to the modem, I don't know as I've never been without a router once the net arrived at my street. With a router, the only reason I run iptables is to specifically block the bots that insist on mirroring my web pages, burning up 80 to 100 gigs a month of my 10 meg ADSL connection, virtually all of my upload bandwidth. Few of those jerks pay any attention to a robots.txt file. > Thanks, > Andy > > . Cheers, Gene Heskett. -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis